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This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover:
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Ebola Disease caused by Sudan virus in Uganda
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Lassa fever in Liberia
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Coronavirus Disease in the WHO African Region
For each of these events, a brief description, followed by public health measures implemented and an interpretation of the situation is provided.
A table is provided at the end of the bulletin with information on all new and ongoing public health events currently being monitored in the region, as well as recent events that have been controlled and closed.
Major issues and challenges include:
Uganda has been experiencing the Ebola disease caused by Sudan virus outbreak for more than 12 weeks, with no further new confirmed case detected over the past two weeks. Nevertheless, the response still needs more funds to address the remaining gaps and implement all interventions planned in the national and regional strategic preparedness and response plans, both in affected and non-affected districts, and in neighbouring countries. Specifically, the survivor program needs to be strengthened, for full operationalization. Infection prevention and control (IPC) mentoring should be pursued and reinforced both in health care facilities and communities, to meet required IPC standards.
In order to boost the response to the ongoing Lassa fever outbreak in Liberia, further support is needed for community outreach tools, improved logistics for case investigation and contact classification in affected communities, as well as training of additional clinical staff in case detection and management, and infection prevention and control.